EPUB to Markdown

Convert DRM-free EPUB e-books into one clean Markdown file. Chapters follow the book's reading order, with headings, emphasis, lists, tables and links intact.

  • Reading order
  • Chapters as headings
  • DRM-free EPUB 2 & 3

What the EPUB converter keeps

  • Reading order: chapters follow the book's spine, not the file order inside the archive.
  • Headings: chapter and section titles.
  • Text formatting: italic, bold, lists, block quotes, tables and links.
  • Metadata: title and author (in the API's JSON response).

Example output

A two-chapter EPUB comes out as:

# Chapter One

It was a *dark* and stormy night.

# Chapter Two

The end.

How to convert EPUB to Markdown

  1. Drop a DRM-free .epub file above.
  2. The chapters are converted in reading order.
  3. Copy or download the Markdown for notes, study material or an LLM.

EPUB to Markdown API

Long books: the API converts EPUBs up to your plan's size limit and can return RAG chunks with includeChunks=true.

curl -X POST "https://anytomarkdown-pdf-to-markdown-and-document-parser-api.p.rapidapi.com/v1/convert/raw" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: anytomarkdown-pdf-to-markdown-and-document-parser-api.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -F "file=@book.epub"

Get a free API key API overview

Frequently asked questions

Can it convert DRM-protected e-books?

No. Only DRM-free EPUB files can be read.

Are images included?

Image alt text is kept; image files are not uploaded anywhere.

Is there a size limit?

The free tool accepts EPUB files up to 5 MB. The API accepts up to 100 MB.

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